Job Type: Contract Work Mode: Hybrid (2 Days from office) The Lead IA Developer / DevOps is accountable for the end-to-end technical deliveryand operation of the Intelligent Advisor (IA) service across Oracle Intelligent Advisor,WebLogic, RHEL10, Java integration services, CI/CD pipelines and assuranceobligations. The role provides technical authority, ensures platform stability, governsreleases, manages performance and security, and maintains operational readiness across all environments, particularly pre-production and production. Core Responsibilities Technical ownership of Oracle Intelligent Advisor (IA) and IA Hub deployments,runtime behaviour, upgrades and fault resolution. Leadership of WebLogic domain and cluster operations including AdminServer,Managed Servers, NodeManager, rolling restarts and diagnostics. Ownership of RHEL10 VM operations (hardening, SELinux, firewalld, patching,reboots and housekeeping) across all nodes. Ownership of Apache HTTPD ingress configuration including routing, healthchecks, drain behaviour, TLS and certificate renewal. Oversight of all Java services including IA SOAP connectors, Zendesk Pollerand CSV Poller, covering JVM tuning, resilience and recovery. Ownership of CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, including deploymentsequencing, approvals and rollback strategies. Leadership of cross-tier performance and capacity management from ingressthrough application, integration and data layers. Accountability for assurance readiness including OWASP-style vulnerabilitymanagement, CIS baseline compliance, GDS expectations and ITHC activities. Definition and enforcement of operational standards, post-patch validation andprevention of silent failure modes. Acting as the senior technical interface with product owners, delivery managers,architects, security teams and business stakeholders. Translating user needs and policy intent into technically viable, operable IAsolutions, balancing delivery pace with long-term sustainability. Required Technical Skills IA/Application Oracle Intelligent Advisor modelling, deployment and runtime support A Hub configuration and operations Deep understanding of IA runtime behaviour and failure modes Java SE for long-running services and batch processing SOAP-based integrations and contract management TLS, keystore and truststore configuration JVM tuning (heap, GC, streaming and large BLOB handling) Resilience patterns including retries, timeouts and idempotency Platform
Lead Oracle Intelligent Advisor Developer employer: TESTQ TECHNOLOGIES LTD
TESTQ Technologies LTD. is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of the UK Insurance and Financial Services sector. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to mentor and lead talented data engineers while working on cutting-edge cloud technologies like AWS, Databricks, and MongoDB. The company prioritises a supportive environment that encourages professional development and provides unique advantages such as flexible working arrangements and a commitment to data governance and security.
